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		// default sortInitialOrder setting
		sortInitialOrder: "asc",

		// pass the headers argument and passing a object
		headers: {
			// set initial sort order by column, this headers option setting overrides the sortInitialOrder option
			0: { sortInitialOrder: 'desc' }
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	<h1>table<em>sorter</em></h1>
	<h2>Set initial sort order</h2>
	<h3>Flexible client-side table sorting</h3>
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		<em>NOTE!</em>
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			<li>Adding "sortInitialOrder" inside of the "headers" option was added in version 2.0.8 (not part of the original plugin).</li>
			<li>In versions 2.3+, the initial sort order of the columns can be set using any of the following methods (they all do the same thing), in order of priority:
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					<li>jQuery data <code>data-sort-initial-order="desc"</code> (equivalent to <code>data-sortinitialorder="desc"</code>).</li>
					<li>metadata <code>class="{ sortInitialOrder: "desc" }"</code>. This requires the metadata plugin.</li>
					<li>headers option <code>headers : { 0 : { sortInitialOrder: "desc" } }</code>.</li>
					<li>header class name <code>class="sortInitialOrder-desc"</code>.</li>
					<li>overall <code>sortInitialOrder</code> option setting.</li>
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	<h1>Demo</h1>
	<div id="demo"><table class="tablesorter">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>First Name (desc)</th>
			<th>Last Name (asc)</th>
			<th class="sortInitialOrder-desc">Age (desc)</th>
			<th>Total (asc)</th>
			<th data-sortinitialorder="desc">Discount (desc)</th> <!-- equivalent to data-sortInitialOrder="desc" or data-sort-initialorder="desc" -->
			<th>Date (asc)</th>
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			<td>Peter</td>
			<td>Parker</td>
			<td>28</td>
			<td>$9.99</td>
			<td>20%</td>
			<td>Jul 6, 2006 8:14 AM</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>John</td>
			<td>Hood</td>
			<td>33</td>
			<td>$19.99</td>
			<td>25%</td>
			<td>Dec 10, 2002 5:14 AM</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Clark</td>
			<td>Kent</td>
			<td>18</td>
			<td>$15.89</td>
			<td>44%</td>
			<td>Jan 12, 2003 11:14 AM</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Bruce</td>
			<td>Almighty</td>
			<td>45</td>
			<td>$153.19</td>
			<td>44%</td>
			<td>Jan 18, 2001 9:12 AM</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Bruce</td>
			<td>Evans</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>$13.19</td>
			<td>11%</td>
			<td>Jan 18, 2007 9:12 AM</td>
		</tr>
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